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JAMES HENRY NEWCOMER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 7, 1952 – November 26, 1971
Service recordJames Henry Newcomer, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 73
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 7, 1952
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 73
- ROBERT DONALD BEUTELCaptain · November 26, 1971
- DOUGLAS JACK PIERCEPrivate · November 26, 1971
- LAWRENCE CLAUDE SMITHSpecialist Four · November 26, 1971
- JAMES EUGENE STEADMANCaptain · November 26, 1971
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.